New and more games will be added to the casino. The Royal River Casino has remodeled every hotel room and every restaurant in hotel as well as the casino area. Manufacturers are toying with skill based games where it plays more like a video game than a traditional slot machine, games are evolving as millennials are getting to gambling age.' 'Millennials grew up playing video games, so new slots have more bonus features, bigger screens, more flashy. James McDermott, the Royal River General Manager, says 'Over past few years, Indian gaming has been relatively flat so its challenging, we have to market better, have to have better customer service, better slots, hotel and have to stay new, fresh and exciting.' The Royal River Casino in Flandreau is currently making major renovations to the interior and exterior of its casino and hotel.

The air ventilation system and electrical have all been replaced with newer equipment. The building exterior has new paint, new landscaping and new signage. The buffet has a new menu and new theme nights. The hotel, retail store and restaurants are all upgraded. The new Royal River has a larger casino floor with a center bar and a VIP lounge. The highlight of the weekend will be Sunday when one lucky guest will win a new 2019 GMC Yukon XL SLT. On Saturday night there will be another concert at 8 PM featuring the Eli Young Band. That will be followed Friday night with a concert by Lonestar. The celebration begins with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and fireworks show at 7:30 PM Friday Oct. 'Other than the exterior four walls of the casino, everything has been taken down to the bare stone and rebuilt.' We went through and renovated and improved everything from the ground up.' 'The entire property has been gone through, This is a major upgrade.

Royal River senior operations director, Tim Morrissey, explained the renovation and upgrade this way: Photo courtesy of Royal River Casino and Hotel Royal River Casino and Hotel has completed its $30 million total renovation and expansion project and is celebrating with a Relaunch Weekend October 11th-13th. Royal River Casino completes expansion with Relaunch Weekend Location is off Interstate 29 and a short distance east on Hwy 32. 20 hook ups, cable TV, indoor pool, hot tub, showers, two water stations and a dump station

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